Tuesday, March 29, 2011

If 80-20 didn't induce Abercrombie & Fitch to withdraw those 4 T-shirts, you may be walking pass some youths on the street or beachwearing one of those T-shirts:

On the T-shirt are caricatured faces with slanted eyes and rice-paddy hats,and "Wong Brothers Laundry Service -- Two Wongs Can Make It White."Another t-shirt says "Abercrombie and Fitch Buddha Bash -- Get Your Buddha on the Floor." Sacrilege against Buddhism?!

How would you like such an encounter? Will you feel a sharp pain inyour heart regretting our powerlessness to stop others from insulting us?

If A&F could do it to us, wiil other T-shirt producers imitate? Peerhaps,they'd even compete to see who could insult Asian Ams the most.

What makes 80-20 so uniquely effective?

S. B. Woo's phone message to A&F CEO Michael Jefferies is"Withdraw the t-shirt, we'll praise you. If not, 80-20 shall useits email list of 700,000 Asian Ams families/individuals andask them to boycott A&F products. Indeed, the same message willgo out on the anniversary of this phone call in all subsequent years."That email list represents AsAm Group Political Clout (GPC).It is that GPC, organized by 80-20, that did the job for YOU.

NOTE: Student groups & Buddhist orgs have demonstrated and protested for days by the time 80-20 decided to enter the battle. We are glad to get A&F to see its mistake in 3 hours. To the best of our knowledge, A&F C.O.O. Keith Johnson called 80-20 PAC only, to relate its decision to withdraw its T-shirts. However, we gladly acknowledge that efforts by others ALSO contributed to the "happy ending".

How Is Our Community Responding to "Double or Die?"

Fatastically, thus far. 110 members joined in 1 week. If thatmomentum continues, 80-20 will DOUBLE in one year. It alldepends on YOU. See how others are stepping up. See bottomof this email.

FOOTNOTE:1) Many send in donations, including "Let's double it & I will donate$1,000 to 80-20 in support of my vote. S. Wang, S. Pasadena, CA "2) Tens of supporters sent long & thoughtful emails urging their friends to join 80-20, including " I send in $50 donation & invited 40+ friends to consider joining. Scott Chai, Bellevue, Washington"3) Yet others volunteered to manage IT & Website; gather Asian Am. email addresses for us, which is of extreme importance to 80-20 for recruiting NEW members.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

YOU are the judge. You will decide whether 80-20 shall GROW or DIEon March 22, 2013. Presented below is the first of 10 exhibits showingthat 80-20 PAC provides a unique service to the Asian Am. community.Please read it so that you'll give 80-20 an informed judgment.

80-20's 10th Best Accomplishment

If 80-20 didn't exist, how might your life be different?

Such a TV ad could appear on your TV screen in every election seasonhinting that China might nuke the USA. Will such a hateful TV ad hurtyou, even though you are not a Chinese American? Yes! It'll hurt ALLAsian Ams. Do please remember that Vincent Chin, a Chinese Am., waskilled by 2 Detroit auto workers mistaking Vincent as a Japanese!

A lot of Americans, being less familiar with Asia, worry about a rising Asia!

That worry can easily become yellow peril if it's stoked.Remember the Chinese Exclusion Act?Remember the internment of Japanese Americans in WWII?Remember Christopher Cox's Congressional hearing promisingevidence of huge number of Chinese spies in the US butNEVER presented it?Remember the subsequent Wen-Ho Lee trial that collapsed?Remember SARS in 2003 that made us seem like tainted folks?Remember the fear of Sikhs, Pakistani & Indonesian Muslims after 9/11?

Remember the sayings of Prof. Samuel Huntington of Harvard whoauthored "The Clash of civilizations"?

"the ideal enemy for America would be ideologically hostile,racially and culturally different, and militarily strongenough to pose a credible threat to American security"

Will that enemy be China and/or India?

We can't stop our fellow compatriots from worrying about Asia, but wecan stop the worry from becoming "yellow peril".

Which AsAm org., besides 80-20, will you choose to handle thatpolitical situation?

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Board of 80-20 Political Action Committee (PAC), after a 2 daymeeting, respectfully requests

YOUR verdict for the PAC toeither GROW or DIE by March 22, 2013.

The PAC was formed 12 years ago to give Asian American communitythe necessary group political clout to induce our nation's politicalestablishment to treat us as equal citizens. Over the years, about 6,500individuals, out of a community of 14.5 million, have sacrificed their timeand money to support the PAC. It averages to an annual membership ofabout 2,000 and an annual budget of about $100,000. Tens of those6,500 sacrificed much more -- giving years of their lives and donating tensof thousands of dollars.

80-20, in its own evaluation, has accomplished much, though notreaching the final goal. See below so that you may give 80-20 aninformed verdict.

80-20's Top 10 Accomplishments

1) Stopping in 1 day GOP's "Daisy" TV Ad fanning "yellow Peril"2) Inducing Abercrombie & Fitch to withdraw its T-shirts in 3 hours3) Our 1st bloc vote brought the first AsAm Cabinet Secretaries4) Stopping racist attack on AsAm political candidates for good5) An ad that cracks the glass ceiling over Asian Americans6) A 2006 bloc vote that truly rewarded and punished7) The source of 80-20's power - 3 bloc votes8) Pres. Obama's signed reply to 80-20, with all yeses9) Doubling the number of AsAm federal judges in 4 yrs.10) Equality before law (E.O. 11246) for AsAms, finally!

An accounting of its 1st accomplishment will be emailed to you in2 days. The other accomplishments will follow in the next 3 months.

If you don't help the PAC to DOUBLE its membership, we accept yourverdict. 80-20 PAC shall be dissolved on March 22, 2013*.

To summarize and to be frank, the toll on those who keep 80-20 alive inorder to serve the political welfare of our community has becomeunbearable after 12 years. Many of the key persons are exhaustedor burnt out. Therefore, unless more Asian Americans are willing to stepup and take a turn to serve our weak, meek and exploited community,80-20 shall die through apathy.

Is 80-20 worth the $35 ($50 for family) membership as social equity forinsurance for you & your children? Are you willing to do YOUR partto preserve & strengthen this organization for future generations'sake? The time for decision is now.

* If 80-20 is dissolved, the membership fee of those with valid member-ship beyond 2012 will be returned to the respective members. ThePAC's website will stay up so that history will know that about 300 LifeMembers tried valiantly to serve the Asian Am. community but 300 is toosmall a number out of a community of 14.5 million. To know more about80-20 PAC, its mission & other accomplishments,visit http://www.80-20initiative.net